Monday, April 18, 2011

Easter Nest Craft

A simple little Easter craft using things you already have in your home. Start by mixing up some pastel colors of paint. We used blue and green. I gave each child a piece of wood (leftover from a boy scout birdhouse project). Make sure the kids paint the edges.

While the paint dried, I took the kids outside, gave them each a bucket and had them gather small sticks from the yard. Snap the sticks to fit and glue them to the bottom of each board to form a nest. Regular glue works fine - just use a lot and allow for drying time.

Use a glue gun to adhere plastic easter eggs to your nest. I wielded the glue gun and the kids stuck them down.

About Me

I am a busy Mormon mother with three children from my first marriage and four bonus children in New York.I am a child of God.I am blessed with three wonderful extended families and many amazingly talented friends.I work full-time in a dental office and we live in a little 1940's rental just five blocks from the public library.

I adore Oregon.

I am happy. I am busy. I am loved.

I may be changed by what has happened to me, but I will not be diminished by it. Maya Angelou

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing."-Anais Nin